"What are you ......" Liu Jiangqing sat in the chair with a puzzled face and looked at Xiao Yuan.

"Today's holiday, drink some wine, and warm up by the way." Xiao Yuan picked up a bottle of liquor, skillfully opened the outer box and lid, poured a full glass for all three of them without asking, and put it on the table.

"I'm a team member, so I won't drink alcohol." Liu Jiangqing didn't touch the glass of wine, stood up and found a cup to pour hot water, and as soon as he brought it, he saw Xiao Yuan push the wine over.

"There were no players and no boss today, just three of us buddies. Drink it, and treat it as a companion to me. Xiao Yuan sincerely knocked on the table next to the cup and signaled him to accept.

"Can I change the wine?" Ino was embarrassed and said, "Your wine is too high for me to drink." ”

"No red wine." Xiao Yuan replied gently, but his expression was firm.

"That'...... Let me be fed first! Eno flashed a death-like look in his eyes, quickly picked up a fork and forked a dumpling wrapper, blew it and put it in his mouth, and immediately gasped for air.

"Tsk, eat cold dishes first, and put the wine away. He said that he was not the boss now, and there was no need to listen to him in everything. ”

Liu Jiangqing frowned at Yinuo's embarrassed look, and ate the dishes first, completely ignoring the wine glass pushed over by Xiao Yuan. Xiao Yuan smiled bitterly, and no longer persuaded him, he raised his head and drank half a glass of wine by himself.

"Happy New Year!"

"Is it so urgent?" Liu Jiangqing put down her chopsticks and noticed that Xiao Yuan was a little strange today.

"It's nothing, I'm used to it, I used to come every day with either cigarettes or alcohol, or tea. Since the establishment of the Zero-One team, this rule has become more and more established, and it is forbidden to smoke, drink, and herring, and as a result, it has put itself in it. I smoke less, I can't drink alcohol when I eat with you, and I enter the health mode in advance. It's rare to be able to drink it once today, it's comfortable! Xiao Yuan smiled and said while eating, his words were full of heroism, which was indeed very different from his previous appearance of always being calm, more comfortable and more real.

"Hahahahaha......"

Liu Jiangqing couldn't help laughing, but Ino next to her widened his eyes when he heard it.

"Ban herring? Shaw, when did you have this?! ”

"The second time you brought the herring in." Xiao Yuan said and took another sip of wine, the wine glass blinked to the bottom, faster than drinking water.

“oh~no！” Ino remembered that the canned food he brought was sent out by Xiao Yuan overnight, and his heart wailed in pain, and he pulled two mouthfuls of sour soup dumpling wrappers to calm his aching heart.

"Okay, don't just eat dumpling wrappers, don't you want to eat dumplings?" Liu Jiangqing pushed the boiled dumplings to Yinuo, "Eat." ”

"Thank you, Liu!" Ino quickly picked up his fork and slashed at a dumpling, and with a snort, the dumpling on the plate broke three holes, and fell out of the filling, leaving only the skin.

The three of them laughed at the same time and began to share the New Year's dinner they had made together.

Time passed little by little, and it was ten o'clock in the evening in a blink of an eye. The sky outside the window was dark and cold, the lights were still on in the restaurant of the Zero One Team Club, on the long table, half of the dishes were still there, the dumplings were already disced, and Ino was lying on the side of the unfinished sour soup dumpling skin, and there was still a small half glass of white wine left next to it.

Xiao Yuan lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, without an ashtray at hand, so he flicked the ash into the empty liquor bottle. On the table, the lids of the second bottle of liquor were opened, and four fifths were left.

"Today, I learned that Boss Xiao drinks an amazing amount of alcohol, and it is amazing." Liu Jiangqing blushed slightly, already a little drunk.

"Heh, it's all bad, and now there is no alcoholic liver to count as God's favor." Xiao Yuan said.

"The amount of alcohol is unexpected, and you're not what I thought. I thought you were that kind of person, but now it seems...... No. Liu Jiangqing said.

"What kind of person?" Xiao Yuan shook his eyebrows and asked curiously.

"Black-hearted profiteers, unscrupulous means to achieve their goals, without a word of truth in their mouths." Liu Jiangqing said bluntly.

"Hahahahaha, almost, this is indeed something engraved in my genes, and you are not wrong at all." Xiao Yuan not only didn't get angry, but laughed heartily, "My family has been a businessman for generations, and there is ancestral businessman thinking in my bones and blood. Although I sometimes hated this trait in myself, and I always looked a little gloomy, but without these things, I guess I would have starved to death on the street at the age of twenty-three. ”

"Your family has been a merchant for generations?" Liu Jiangqing turned his gaze and looked at Xiao Yuan.

"Yes, the family has a big business, so there are a lot of troubles. In addition to me, there is an older brother and a younger sister in the family, and I am the second in line. Since childhood, it has been difficult for us to see our father, and even if it is someone's birthday, he will not necessarily come. Later, my father laid down a rule for us, whoever performed the best would be given the best training resources, and he could also receive his own education. For this reason, the three of us brothers and sisters are always fighting for the head, but no matter how we fight, I am the one who wins. Then I got tired of fighting them and started to get into esports. Since then I have seen a new, interesting world, and I stopped fighting with them and focused on playing.

When I was fifteen years old, I decided I wanted to compete in a national competition with my team, but my father had to move to Melbourne with the whole family. I begged him to let me go after the game, but my father said that there was no discussion, and if I went with them, I would give up everything in the country, and if I didn't go with them, I would give up everything at home. Xiao Yuan said as he picked up the wine glass and swallowed a deep sip of wine, just about to smoke, but found that the cigarette had burned out. He nimbly tossed the cigarette butt into the empty bottle, pulled another one out of the cigarette case, held it to his lips, picked up the lighter, and lit it with a click.

"You chose to give up your family?" Liu Jiangqing asked incredulously.

"yes, I gave up. My nationality is still Chinese, I did what I wanted, won the national championship, and built my Yuanjiang Pavilion, I don't regret it. Xiao Yuan exhaled a puff of thick smoke and looked at the lantern outside the window and said.

"I haven't seen my parents for fifteen years, you are indeed a ruthless person." Liu Jiangqing also picked up the wine glass and took a sip, unable to believe that someone would do such a thing, giving up his family just to play the game.

"Huh...... It may be unkind in the eyes of ordinary people, but in my opinion, it is the best choice. This is the path that independence must take, and once I am independent, I am the only family member I have, they are just blood overseas. Xiao Yuan said.

"The best choice, if it were the best choice, you wouldn't be drinking here today." Liu Jiangqing seemed to see through him at a glance and said disdainfully.

"It's not boring, it's not ...... Do you still have you with you? Xiao Yuan looked at Inno, who was struggling with his hands and table, and his mouth moved occasionally, as if he was eating dumplings in his dreams.

"Cut, hard mouth. If the family is still there, stay with them, if they are not there one day, you won't even have a choice. Liu Jiangqing said.

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